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Christin Burdette is a Master Lash Artist, Lash Trainer & Professional Makeup Artist with Jane Iredale. She joins the team at Kai with more than eight years of fashion, mineral makeup and eyelash extension experience. Her clients range from high profile entertainers, NFL cheerleaders, executives to time-constrained moms. She had worked exclusively with Jane Iredale for the past seven years, and we are delighted to host a guest blog so that she can talk about her innovative eyelash extensions & soon to come makeup tips & tricks.

Client: How long do lash extensions last?

Chris10: A full set of lash extensions usually lasts about a month. For someone maintaining them I recommend you come for a relash every 3 weeks to keep them full and fluffy. Some just come to me a couple of times a year for full sets each time for events, etc. If you like them, the most cost effective way is to leave them on and not have to pay for full sets several times a year.

I love educating so here goes…

Just like the hair on our head, our lashes shed & regrow. We typically shed 20-30 lashes, per eye, per month (for the first few sets you consistently wear).

Everyday when your lashes are exposed to mascara (even the best quality and most pure products like I use & recommend, Jane Iredale) the lashes are traumatized. The act of applying the mascara daily or often causes lashes to shed prematurely. The mascara being left on all day dry the lashes out to keep them in place. Then, possibly the most traumatic part of the day for your lashes is the removal process in the evenings. With Jane Iredale all of our clients own Magic Mitts which remove all of your makeup (even waterproof mascara and liner) with just the soft mitt & water. This is the best method to removing mascara but not everyone uses a magic mitt, unfortunately. The most common are oil based makeup removers which can be too heavy if any is left on the lashes overnight and not rinsed and removed properly.

With that being said… It does usually take your natural lashes a couple of months to get very full and healthy again after your first set has been applied. This is why, for best results, I like to see you every 3 weeks for the first 3 months. After that 3 month period you start to shed less & your lashes last longer & look more full at all times!

No mascara is needed and most do not even feel like they need eyeliner.

A long answer to a simple question! Knowledge & understanding the process is very helpful in understanding if lash extensions are a fit for someone’s lifestyle!

Nobody likes stretch marks. What purpose do they serve, anyway? To remind us that we once had gorgeous, smooth skin? What a cruel trick of nature.

Most people treat stretch marks with lotions and creams, unknowing that there are other types of treatments available. But as famous people like Cindy Crawford and Halle Berry know, the most effective way to reduce or get rid of them is through laser therapy. The reason the stars use this is because it actually works to make your skin look better.

Laser beams sound like science fiction, blasting your skin and making it smoother while reducing stretch mark coloring. There are a few different types of lasers that are used to help minimize stretch marks — the pulsed dye laser and fractional laser therapy are two of the most common (Kai uses the state-of-the-art Fraxel machine, which is a fractional type of laser.) Both types of laser therapy use wavelengths of light to stimulate new growth of collagen and elastin, meaning hello new skin, goodbye stretch marks.

The laser makes small “injuries” in the skin (don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt) where the stretch marks are leaving normal, untreated skin in between. The untreated skin creates a response in the body that helps heal the treated area quickly, replacing it with new, healthy skin. We’ve seen great results.

Please contact us if you’re interested in a free consultation; we’d love to tell you more about how laser therapy can treat a variety of skin conditions.

Ooh, this may be a delicate question for some of you. After all, it’s only been over the last decade or so that women’s hair removal has become the topic of dinner conversations. Since we have more and more men approaching us about ridding themselves of unwanted hair, this seems like a good subject for a Question of the Week.

Hair can be removed in a variety of ways, but here at Kai we use two popular methods: waxing and laser therapy.

1. Waxing

To remove hair with wax, we apply warm wax to the spot of hair you want removed and then pull off the wax with a quick whisking motion.

Laser therapy involves first numbing the skin in the area of unwanted hair, and then shooting a laser beam at the hair follicles to render them useless. This procedure can take 6 -8 treatments to completely eliminate hair.

Pros: permanent, eliminates the need to shave or wax

Cons: multiple treatments over the course of 6-12 months, can be expensive, does not work on all hair colors, possible skin reactions

Bottom line:

Many guys have hair that they want removed. Common problem spots are the back or chest, but did you know that many men are now getting parts or all of their face lasered? For men who have no interest in facial hair or just want to remove problem spots (neck or chin or cheek area), hair removal is rising in popularity. Many men have tough beards prone to skin irritation from daily shaving or a propensity to get ingrown hair, and laser hair removal can be a godsend. We would be happy to give you a free consultation and let you know what might work best for you.

But it’s actually a great way to rejuvenate the skin on your neck, face, or hands. What happens is that a chemical lotion is applied to your skin, which makes it “blister” and eventually peel, leaving behind smoother, fresh, clean skin.

These results-oriented treatments are the ultimate in skin rejuvenation. Peels promote cellular turnover, maximize skin’s elasticity, reduce the appearance of sun damage, hyper pigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles. These peels can be done on the face, neck, or hands; other results can be:

Reduced fine lines under the eyes and around the mouth

Improved appearance of mild scars

Treatable for certain types of acne

Reduced age spots, freckles, and dark patches (melasma) due to pregnancy or taking birth control pills

Improved look and feel of skin

A series of treatments will give you long lasting results that are non-invasive.

We have a lot of different organic peels to choose from: vitalize, salicylic, rejuvenize, vi peel, glyocolic, pomegranate, and other seasonal or special items. Peels are popular because THEY WORK. And we have a lot of different “flavors” to choose from. We’d love to give you a free consultation on this treatment–we promise you’ll love the results.

We get asked about this all the time, so today I thought I’d take a minute and tell you more about a “microderm”.

You can basically turn back time with this breakthrough cosmetic skin resurfacing treatment. Gentle exfoliation helps with elasticity, texture, fine lines and wrinkles, the stimulations of collagen, and improves the overall health of your skin. It can also minimize the appearance of enlarged pores, sun damage and hyper pigmentation. Every treatment is followed by our healing and regenerative oxygen blast, leaving your skin radiant and rejuvenated.

It’s important that you have a consultation with an esthetician if you’ve never had a microderm. It’s not as effective in treating congenital skin defects, most moles, pigmented birthmarks, deep wrinkles, stretch marks, deep acne scars, or scars caused by burns. But it works on all skin colors and It makes subtle changes, causing no skin color change or scarring. It works best on things like age spots and dull skin.

The best part is that it doesn’t require any downtime or things like numbing cream. You can come in, get a treatment, and leave with fresh, soft skin! It’s a very simple process with immediate results.

Many of you are asking, “How often should I use this…or how often should I do that?” So let me break it down. Here is a basic outline of what I would tell my clients. Please keep in mind this is a basic guideline and if you have a specific skin condition this may be more or less.

How often should you wash your face? 2 times a day is ideal. If you over wash you can strip your skin of natural oils. Always wash for a minimum of 45 seconds to make sure you are actually cleaning all the impurities off of your skin. It is also important to wash your face with warm (not hot) water. This will help open your pores for a deeper clean. Also, cleansing your skin more than twice a day can strip your skin of its natural oils and can actually cause your skin to produce MORE oil. Even if you are prone to breakouts or have super oily skin you should still only wash your face morning and night.

How often should you exfoliate? 2-3 times a week. If you over exfoliate you can actually cause small scratches on your skin which can result in hyperpigmentation (little brown spots). Try to stay away from scrubs that contain harsh exfoliants such as crushed walnuts, especially if you have sensitive skin. Try to choose a exfoliant that is an enzyme. Like Cosmedix pure enzymes http://www.cosmedix.com/products/pure-enzymes-exfoliating-mask

How often should you wear sunscreen? Every day. Even if you do not plan on going outside you can still get sun damage through car and house windows. EVERY DAY!!! If you are outside for long periods of time, it is also important to re-apply!!

How often should you clean your makeup brushes? At least once a month.

Cleaning your makeup brushes regularly will extend the shelf life of your makeup and help prevent the spread of bacteria, which can cause nasty side effects such as eye infections, acne and skin irritation. Learn how to proplerly clean your brushes here: http://makeupblog.janeiredale.com/blog/2012/02/01/how-to-clean-your-makeup-brushes/

It can be overwhelming to choose a medical spa. So many choices and so little time!

Most of you get here on the advice of a friend. But we know others arrive from Internet searches, and this post is for you. We want you to help you not only evaluate our services, products, and facilities but also put perspective on your search. Here are a few quick ways to size up a spa to determine which is the best fit for you:

1. Is the website up to date, credible, and useful?

You’ve probably done an Internet search and come up with a long list. When visiting those sites, you’ll know quickly how much care is taken on the look and style. You can look at the list of services and make sure that it covers your interests, location, budget, or any other needs that you might have. If the website isn’t clear on issues such as these, you’ll have to do more research over the phone if you are still interested.

Staff – Is the staff qualified and licensed for all treatments and products? Are there in-house specialties in both treatments and products? What sort of training and backgrounds does the staff have? Is there a lot of staff turnover? Is there a medical doctor on staff?

Ownership – Is the owner hands on or hands off? Is it a chain of spas with a corporate attitude or is the owner local and heavily involved in daily operations?

Reputation – Does the spa have reviews online or testimonials or referrals that you can see? Often times, you can discern a reputation from aggregating sites such as Yelp or even Google reviews.

In the end, you’ll have to take inventory of your needs and balance them against location, facilities, staff, and even perhaps price. Here at Kai, we’ll always be happy to show you around our spa and make you comfortable before you commit to anything. We want to make sure that you have a great experience the moment you set foot into our door. Call us or stop in for a free consultation with absolutely no strings attached.

This brush is awesome to use with every lip product, especially the lip stick and the lip plumper. You know how you can’t roll up the tube anymore, but you see that there is still more left in the barrel of them both? Well, you keep this Jane Iredale retractable brush with you in your purse and then you can use it to get the color from the stick and put it on your lips. Otherwise, you end up tossing out about 1/5 of the tube bc it doesn’t roll up. You can also just use the “sable lip” brush, if you don’t want the retractable one. Come by kai and check this out!